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Resistance & Liberation
In 1804, Haiti became the first Black republic in the world — born from a revolution that shook the foundations of colonial power and terrified slaveholding nations across the Atlantic world.
10 min read
Diaspora
From the 1920s through the mid-1930s, Harlem became the epicenter of a Black cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement that transformed American society and reverberated across the African diaspora.
7 min read
Medieval Empires
When the ruler of the Mali Empire made his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he brought so much gold that he temporarily destabilized the economies of Egypt and the Mediterranean world.
6 min readModern Era
Between 1954 and 1968, Black Americans and their allies waged a sustained campaign against legal segregation that transformed the United States — and inspired liberation movements around the world.
9 min readMedieval Empires
For centuries, colonial historians refused to believe that Africans had built the massive stone enclosures of Great Zimbabwe. The truth was far more interesting than their denial.
6 min read